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From UN Tourism figures

The most visited countries in the world

France is the most visited country in the world: UN Tourism counted 218 million international arrivals there in 2019. United States, China, Spain follow. Countries count arrivals differently, and some include day-trippers who cross a border for a few hours, so the order is a rough guide.

#CountryVisitors a yearContinentStamp
1France’s stamp in GlobestampFrance218 million (2019)EuropeInk
2United States’s stamp in GlobestampUnited States165 million (2019)North AmericaInk
3China’s stamp in GlobestampChina163 million (2019)AsiaInk
4Spain’s stamp in GlobestampSpain126 million (2019)EuropeInk
5Mexico’s stamp in GlobestampMexico97.4 million (2019)North AmericaInk
6Italy’s stamp in GlobestampItaly95.4 million (2019)EuropeInk
7Poland’s stamp in GlobestampPoland88.5 million (2019)EuropeInk
8Hungary’s stamp in GlobestampHungary61.4 million (2019)EuropeInk
9Croatia’s stamp in GlobestampCroatia60 million (2019)EuropeInk
10Hong Kong’s stamp in GlobestampHong Kong55.9 million (2019)AsiaInk
11Turkey’s stamp in GlobestampTurkey51.7 million (2019)AsiaInk
12United Kingdom’s stamp in GlobestampUnited Kingdom40.9 million (2019)EuropeInk
13Thailand’s stamp in GlobestampThailand39.9 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
14Germany’s stamp in GlobestampGermany39.6 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
15Macau’s stamp in GlobestampMacau39.4 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
16Czech Republic’s stamp in GlobestampCzech Republic37.2 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
17Greece’s stamp in GlobestampGreece34 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
18Denmark’s stamp in GlobestampDenmark33.1 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
19Canada’s stamp in GlobestampCanada32.4 million (2019)North AmericaMetallic
20Austria’s stamp in GlobestampAustria31.9 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
21Japan’s stamp in GlobestampJapan31.9 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
22Malaysia’s stamp in GlobestampMalaysia26.1 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
23United Arab Emirates’s stamp in GlobestampUnited Arab Emirates25.3 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
24Russia’s stamp in GlobestampRussia24.4 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
25Saudi Arabia’s stamp in GlobestampSaudi Arabia20.3 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
26Netherlands’s stamp in GlobestampNetherlands20.1 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
27Singapore’s stamp in GlobestampSingapore19.1 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
28Vietnam’s stamp in GlobestampVietnam18 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
29India’s stamp in GlobestampIndia17.9 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
30South Korea’s stamp in GlobestampSouth Korea17.5 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
31Portugal’s stamp in GlobestampPortugal17.3 million (2019)EuropeMetallic
32Indonesia’s stamp in GlobestampIndonesia16.1 million (2019)AsiaMetallic
33Slovakia’s stamp in GlobestampSlovakia15.3 million (2018)EuropeMetallic
34South Africa’s stamp in GlobestampSouth Africa14.8 million (2019)AfricaFoil
35Ukraine’s stamp in GlobestampUkraine13.7 million (2019)EuropeFoil
36Morocco’s stamp in GlobestampMorocco13.1 million (2019)AfricaFoil
37Egypt’s stamp in GlobestampEgypt13 million (2019)AfricaFoil
38Romania’s stamp in GlobestampRomania12.8 million (2019)EuropeFoil
39Bulgaria’s stamp in GlobestampBulgaria12.6 million (2019)EuropeFoil
40Belarus’s stamp in GlobestampBelarus11.8 million (2019)EuropeFoil
41Switzerland’s stamp in GlobestampSwitzerland11.8 million (2019)EuropeFoil
42Bahrain’s stamp in GlobestampBahrain11.1 million (2019)AsiaFoil
43Ireland’s stamp in GlobestampIreland11 million (2019)EuropeFoil
44Australia’s stamp in GlobestampAustralia9.5 million (2019)OceaniaFoil
45Tunisia’s stamp in GlobestampTunisia9.4 million (2019)AfricaFoil
46Belgium’s stamp in GlobestampBelgium9.3 million (2019)EuropeFoil
47Iran’s stamp in GlobestampIran9.1 million (2019)AsiaFoil
48Kuwait’s stamp in GlobestampKuwait8.6 million (2019)AsiaFoil
49Kazakhstan’s stamp in GlobestampKazakhstan8.5 million (2019)AsiaFoil
50Kyrgyzstan’s stamp in GlobestampKyrgyzstan8.5 million (2019)AsiaFoil

UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.

Why the numbers look so different

Every country reports its own arrivals. Some count only tourists who stay a night; others count every visitor at the border, including people who cross for a day’s shopping, and some count cruise passengers. That is why a country with many land borders, like Poland or Hungary, can sit high in this table. Treat the order as a rough guide, not a race.

A common stamp, plain ink

In Globestamp, the most visited countries print in plain Ink (40 million arrivals a year or more) or Metallic (15 to 40 million). The rarest finishes belong to the other end: see the least visited countries and every stamp, rarest first.

Questions people ask

What is the most visited country in the world?

France, with 217,877,000 international arrivals in 2019 by UN Tourism’s count.

What is the most visited country in Asia?

China, with 162,538,000 international arrivals in 2019.

What is the most visited country in South America?

Argentina, with 7,399,000 international arrivals in 2019.

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